Jason Watkins

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Jason Watkins

Acting 59 October 28, 1966

Albrighton, Shropshire, England, UK

Jason Watkins is an English stage, film and television actor. He played the lead role in the two-part drama The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies, for which he won the BAFTA TV…

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The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass

6.1 2007 Movie
Doctor Who

Doctor Who

7.6 2005 TV Show
Tomorrow Never Dies

Tomorrow Never Dies

6.4 1997 Movie
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

6.2 2004 Movie
The Crown

The Crown

8.2 2016 TV Show
Wild Child

Wild Child

6.7 2008 Movie
Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

7.5 1997 TV Show
Taboo

Taboo

7.9 2017 TV Show
EastEnders

EastEnders

4.2 1985 TV Show
Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

8.2 1989 TV Show
The Phoenician Scheme

The Phoenician Scheme

6.5 2025 Movie
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

6.7 2018 Movie

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Jason Watkins is an English stage, film and television actor. He played the lead role in the two-part drama The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies, for which he won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor. He has also played William Herrick in Being Human, Gavin Strong in Trollied, Simon Harwood in W1A and Gordon Shakespeare in the film series Nativity.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Enola Holmes 3

    Movie Brigadier Sampson

  2. 2026
    Dear England

    TV show Greg Dyke

  3. 2026
    Falling

    TV show Peter

  4. 2026
    Stonehenge: Secrets of the New Stone

    Movie Self

  5. 2026
    Dirty Business

    TV show Peter Hammond

  6. 2025
    Dragonfly

    Movie John

  7. 2025
    Bookish

    TV show Harold Sneed

  8. 2025
    The Phoenician Scheme

    Movie Notary

  9. 2025
    The Game

    TV show Huw Miller

  10. 2024
    Princes in the Tower: A Damning Discovery

    Movie Presenter

  11. 2024
    Batman: Caped Crusader

    TV show Alfred Pennyworth (voice)

  12. 2024
    Coma

    TV show Simon

  13. 2024
    Rob Beckett's Smart TV

    TV show Self

  14. 2024
    Wicked Little Letters

    Movie Mr. Treading

  15. 2023
    Archie: The Man Who Became Cary Grant

    TV show Stanley Fox

  16. 2023
    The One Note Man

    Movie One Note Man

More credits
  1. 2023
    Jason and Clara: In Memory of Maudie

    TV show

  2. 2023
    Jason & Clara: In Memory of Maudie

    Movie

  3. 2023
    The Catch

    TV show Ed

  4. 2022
    A Ghost Story for Christmas: Count Magnus

    Movie Mr Wraxhall

  5. 2022
    SAS Rogue Heroes

    TV show Winston Churchill

  6. 2021
    Around the World in 80 Days

    TV show Bernard Fortescue

  7. 2021
    The Trick

    Movie Phil Jones

  8. 2021
    Blankety Blank

    TV show Self - Panellist

  9. 2020
    Something Borrowed

    Movie Stanley

  10. 2020
    Des

    TV show Brian Masters

  11. 2020
    Hitmen

    TV show The Lawyer

  12. 2020
    McDonald & Dodds

    TV show DS Dodds

  13. 2018
    Watership Down

    TV show Captain Orchis (voice)

  14. 2018
    Inside the Tower of London

    TV show Narrator

  15. 2018
    The Children Act

    Movie Nigel Pauling

  16. 2018
    Celebrity Catchphrase

    TV show

  17. 2018
    A Very English Scandal

    TV show Emlyn Hooson

  18. 2018
    The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

    Movie Rupert

  19. 2018
    Hold the Sunset

    TV show Roger

  20. 2017
    The Overcoat

    Movie Christopher Cobbler

  21. 2017
    Hampstead

    Movie James Smythe

  22. 2017
    Decline and Fall

    TV show Wilfred Lucas-Dockery

  23. 2017
    Taboo

    TV show Solomon Coop

  24. 2016
    The Crown

    TV show Harold Wilson